Sweet cause! Longmen Shilian Village gives full play to ecological advantages and vigorously develops the honey industry

Verdant bamboo forests, clear streams, traditional honey brewing workshops... In Shilian Village, Longtan Town, Longmen County, many villagers have a sweet job, chasing the flower season in the deep mountain fields all year round, and using hard work to brew honey with a pure sense of export and sweet taste.

In recent years, the "two committees" of Shilian Village have vigorously promoted the improvement of human settlements, poverty alleviation and other work, with the goal of building beautiful villages, with the development of points and areas, so that villagers have a real sense of gain and happiness, "sweet cause" condensed a strong centripetal force, and everyone worked together to build beautiful villages and achieve rural revitalization.

The honey quality of Shilian Village is good, and it is inextricably linked to the unique ecological environment in the mountains. Photo by Huang Yuxiang, reporter of Huizhou Daily

Successive pieces of renovation, the mountain village into a large garden

In the Hetian Villagers Group in Shilian Village, there are small hillsides dedicated to beekeeping, and beehives are scattered under the lush trees, like rows of wooden huts, which are quiet and harmonious in the rain.

"Smell our nectar, the smell is exceptionally fragrant." Villager Zhou Weiquan opened a jar of honey in his hand and said that the honey in Shilian Village is of good quality and is inextricably linked to the unique ecological environment in the mountains. The village is surrounded by high mountains and dense forests, with a mountainous area of 45,509 acres, and the clear river runs along the village, and the Baimeidong Forest Farm is located in Shilian Village.

In order to maintain a good ecology, the cadres of the "two committees" of the village have been sparing no effort to publicize the importance of ecological protection to the villagers. Since April this year, Shilian Village has vigorously carried out environmental remediation in the five contiguous villager groups and Hengkeng villager groups in the Xiadong area, and carried out renovation, upgrading and beautification of the lanes along the village lanes, ditch streams, front and back of houses, etc.

After a heavy rain in the evening, the Xiadong area is more tranquil and elegant. On the low fences on both sides of the village road, purple, pink, red and yellow flowers bloom, which are in harmony with the green bamboo and distant mountains clustered behind the houses. "How could I have thought of becoming like a park before?" Villager Tan Yejin told reporters that in the past, poultry in the village were free-range, water canals and ponds were not treated, and debris was piled up in front of and behind the house... After remediation, the village is like a big garden.

"With the joint efforts of village cadres and villagers, the appearance of the village is getting better and better, and the villagers are more and more concerned about protecting the ecological environment." It's a good virtuous circle. Luo Yongjing, secretary of the general branch of the party in Shilian Village, said proudly.

E-commerce helps the development of "sweet business"

Under the guidance of village cadres, the reporter followed Zhou Guoxiong, a large beekeeper in Shilian Village, into his "beekeeping base". Trees are verdant and green bamboo, and around the beehives, there are bees flying back and forth from time to time. "These Chinese bees are docile, you don't attack them, they won't sting you." Zhou Guoxiong skillfully opened the hive as he spoke, took out a row of bee grids, and examined them carefully.

"In the past few years, chasing flowers and chasing honey, although there was a good harvest, there was no good sales. We can only go where we sell, and many times when we can't sell, we sell at a low price, and even then it is difficult to sell. Zhou Guoxiong, who has been dealing with bees for more than 40 years, said that he worked hard to raise bees and make honey, hoping to build a spacious and bright house for his family. Because Shilian Village is located in a remote mountainous area, the sales channels of agricultural products are very limited, and the income of beekeeping is unstable, Zhou Guoxiong's "new house dream" has been installed in his heart for many years.

The problem of poor honey sales in the deep mountains has plagued nearly 40 beekeepers in the village, and has also become the heart of Luo Yongjing and village cadres. "This honey is mainly sold to locals and tourists." Luo Yongjing frankly said that the farmers in the village do not have a strong sense of operation, and they do not understand logistics and networks, and have a single sales channel.

This situation took a turn for the better in April 2016. At that time, Huizhou Newspaper Media Group began to help Shilian Village, and After Luo Yongjing learned that the group had an e-commerce platform to help bee farmers expand sales channels and stabilize their income, he immediately had a new idea: "Can you let the 'sweet cause' in the village catch the e-commerce express?" The idea was quickly supported by the village-based working group. The group's e-commerce platform offered to use its own platform advantages to help Shilian Village promote and sell honey for free.

Under the impetus of the e-commerce platform of Huizhou Newspaper Media Group, the reputation of Shilian Village's "sweet cause" is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people are buying honey online, and some people are driving directly to the village to buy honey. "Now that sales have widened and earnings have increased, my family's new building has been built so quickly." Zhou Guoxiong pointed to the newly built building in front of him, and his mood was extremely excited.

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Duck foot wood is planted everywhere to keep beekeepers

On both sides of the Shilian Village section of the Longtang Highway, new saplings more than two feet high have been planted. "What tree is this?" The reporter was puzzled. "This is duck foot wood, specially planted for the village beekeepers, and in two or three years, you can see swarms of bees flying and collecting honey." Luo Yongjing said that every year during the "lychee honey" and "winter honey" honey production period, beekeeping villagers have to go to Shenzhen, Heyuan, Conghua and other places to collect honey. He often wondered, shilian village ecological environment is so good, is there any way for villagers to pick honey at the doorstep of their homes?

"Duck foot wood not only has a large amount of honey, but also has a lot of pollen, which is particularly beneficial to honey collection and winter breeding by bees, can it be planted in large quantities in the village to better serve the villagers' beekeeping?" At a meeting of village party members and cadres, Luo Yongjing put forward his own ideas, which immediately won the unanimous approval of everyone.

In the first half of this year, the first batch of 1,000 duck foot wood seedlings purchased by the Shilian Village Committee have been planted, which to a certain extent supplements the current shortage of duck foot wood resources in Shilian Village. "Next we will continue to buy seedlings and plant them on a large scale. Strive to collect winter honey after 3 years, beekeepers can collect winter honey without leaving their homes. Luo Yongjing said that in carrying out this work, the village committee has always held a belief, that is, it wants to make the honey industry benefit and make a brand. Let beekeepers get results and have a sense of gain. In the next step, the village cadres will further mobilize villagers who have the ability to work and are engaged in labor production in the village to join the beekeeping industry, so as to provide a more powerful guarantee for Shilian Village to build "one village and one product".

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Reporter: How to transform the natural ecological advantages into the economic development advantages of Shilian Village?

Luo Yongjing: In the Baimeidong forest farm in Shilian Village, the ecological protection is very good, and at present, the relevant work has been carried out through the village committee, and 90% of the local land of about 200 mu has been transferred. Next, it is planned to use the cooperation method of village enterprises to attract investment and attract industries to settle in. At present, two companies generally visit the site and intend to develop eco-tourism. Through various forms to solve the employment of surplus labor, crack the problem of idle mountain land, and promote the continuous development of Shilian Village.

Reporter: In the development of the honey industry, what is the next idea of Shilian Village?

Luo Yongjing: Implementing the strategy of rural revitalization, protecting the ecological environment is an important part of it, and our planting of duck foot wood is also a way to beautify the ecological environment. Duck foot wood is an evergreen plant, and then the village committee plans to distribute duck foot wood seedlings to farmers to encourage and guide villagers to plant duck foot wood in front of and behind the house and in the wilderness by the mountain. This can not only support the "sweet cause", but also beautify the appearance of the village.

Source: Huizhou Daily

Reporter: Huang Yuxiang